Justin Bieber’s ‘Beauty and a Beat’ Is Still One of the Biggest Songs in the World — Four Months After Coachella
In the wake of Justin Bieber ’s headlining (and headline-grabbing) Coachella performances in April, last year’s “Daisies” jolted back to the top 10 of the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl.
U.S. for two weeks just after.
Even more striking, more than a dozen tracks from across his career debuted on or re-entered the lists, topped by 2012’s “Beauty and a Beat” (featuring Nicki Minaj ), which ultimately was No.
1 on each chart for multiple weeks.
But perhaps most surprising, that track has outlasted the festival’s direct aftermath, holding – and gaining – in the top five of each chart, more than four months later.
On the Aug.
29-dated Global 200, “Beauty and a Beat” rises 6-5 with 30.4 million official streams worldwide in the week ending Aug.
20, according to Luminate.
On the Global Excl.
U.S. chart, which measures the biggest songs in the world outside of the United States, it holds at No.
4.
Based solely on streams outside the U.S., it ranks second (24.9 million), behind Shakira and Burna Boy ’s World Cup anthem “Dai Dai.” Essentially, if not for this summer’s soccer tournament spotlight, Bieber’s 14-year-old hit would, again, be the most-clicked song beyond the U.S.
But while “Beauty and a Beat” holds in the top five, 16 of Bieber’s post-Coachella charting hits have disappeared entirely from the global charts, with “Daisies” back below the top 50 and 2010’s “Baby” (featuring Ludacris ) under the top 100.
This marks the 19th consecutive week in the top 10 for “Beauty and a Beat” on Global Excl.
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